Car-coupling



(No Model.)

B, HOWELL. GAE COUPLING.

Patented Oct. 28, 1890.

ATTORNEYS III N w" mum .J 114/ ll HUI! BENNING ROXVELL, OF BADGER MILLS,

PATENT OFFICE.

WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO NELSON SELLERS, OF TOWER, MINNESOTA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,564, dated October 28,1890.

Application filed August 1, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENNING RowELL, of Badger Mills, in the county of Chippewa and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Car Couplings, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in carcouplings; and it consists in certain features of construction and novel combinations of To parts, as will be hereinafter described, and

pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of one end of a car provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side view, partly in section, of my improvement; and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views.

The draw-head A isforined with the widened front portion or head A and with the rear portion or shank A the latter being provided at its rear end with the plate B, which is looped around the horizontal draw-bolt C, so that the draw-head can be raised and lowered at its front end. At its front end the drawhead is provided with the plurality, prefer- 2 5 ably three, of laterallyarranged link-mortises D, in each of which is provided a springactuated slide-block d, to hold the pin E elevated, and adapted to be forced back by the entering link to permit the pin to fall. Each of the pins E is connected with the swinging end of a crank-arm F, and said crank-arms are rigidly connected with a shaft G, so that by turning the said shaft or raising any one of the coupling-pins, all of the pins will be raised, as will be readily understood. The shaft has at one end a crank-arm g, by which it may be turned, and a lever H, leading to the top of the car, is connected with the arm g in such manner as to enable the turning of the shaft from the top of the car, enabling the uncoupling of the cars from one side or the top of the car. An elbow-leverl connects with one of the coupling-pins, and is arranged for operation from the opposite side of the 5 car. The said constructions permit the convenient withdrawal of the pins from either side of the car, releasing the link, which will be ejected by the forward movement of the spring-actuated block. Plates J and K are fitted above and below the draw-head, near its forward end, and are connected by means of rods or bolts L L, preferably two at each side of the draw-head, as shown.

Serial No. 360,719. (No model.)

The suspension-bolts M are held at their upper ends to the framing of the car and pass at their lower ends through the extended ends of the lower plate K, being threaded and provided at such ends with nuts N, bearing below said plates, so that by properly turning the said nuts the draw-head maybe raised or lowered, as desired. By preference the nuts N are hand-nuts, having suitable handles n, so that they can be turned without a wrench. This construction is simple and convenient, and enables the setting of the drawhead months up or down, as desired.

The draw-bolt O is made conveniently removable,so that itcan be readily withdrawn to permit the removal of the draw-head and the insertion of another, when so desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1.111 a car-coupling, substantially as described, the combination, with the draw-head movable vertically at its forward end, of the suspension-rods suitably held at their upper ends and extended down along the opposite sides of the draw-head, a plate below said draw-head through which the suspension-rods project, and nuts on the suspension-rods below said plate, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In the herein-described car-coupling, the combination of the draw-head having its stein A provided with a loop B, the horizontal 8'5 draw-bolt 0, passed through said loop B, the upper and lower plates J and K, the rods or bolts L, connecting the said plates J K, and the suspension-rods M, and nuts N, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth. o

3. In the herein-described car-coupling, the combination of the draw-head movable up and down at its front end, the plates J and K, lapped above and below the said draw- 7 head, the rods orbolts L, connecting the plates 5 J K, the suspension-rods M, secured at their upper ends and passed at their lower ends through the plate K, and the nuts N on the said rods M below the said plate K, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

BENNING ROWELL.

Witnesses:

T. J. CONNOR, PHILLIP WILLETT. 

